Huh, it appears Haunt got fixed

[Luciandk]

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/9964586409

According to this thread, the Valkyr comes back to life when the Haunted pet dies.


Edit:
Tested it. Even with 2 rounds left on Haunt, the valkyr ressed instantly when the Haunted victim died.

[Poofah]

Ugh. The whole point of Haunt is an overpowered DoT with a built-in risk. If there's no risk, it's suddenly awfully good. Especially considering that it's also a free swap like Feign Death. If the Valk isn't at risk, then CoD+Haunt is a brutal opening, especially if you Haunt-swap into Fiendish Imp or whatever force-swap pet.

I suppose there's still risk in the opponent avoiding Haunt, in which case the Valk will stay dead, I assume?

[Luciandk]

Observation: If haunt is blocked, such as a moth using cocoon strike. The valkyr stays alive and Haunt does not go on cooldown.

[Spary]

yes, Haunt is now a no-brainer, sadly. Essentially it can be used as a very powerful "feign death" ability now ... without CD ...

[Warbeauty]

what you mean to say is that Haunt got Sexy.

I used haunt and it didn't feign death my valk. It just put a really sweet dot on the opponent. Which is a mega upgrade from what it was imo. I hated Haunt until 5.4.

[Sanzul]

It's still pretty situational. Before it was an awful lot of risk (has to hit and enemy has to live four rounds or your pet dies) for a fairly minor reward. It's arguably a bit too good now, but it was too random before.

[Iskren]

I am going to tell you that i have around 1900 pvp wins and Valk is rly high on my top 3 pets list atm ..i think i said enough ;D .Opening with 1200 dmg dot + free swap when needed IF needed its rly really REALLY strong move set and u can repeat that 2 or even 3 times(3 doom + 3 haunt yea thats right lol!).